I’m planning on riding Coed y Brenin on Friday and for a number of reasons I won’t be able to take my bike with me. So I thought I would use the chance to hire something interesting and to try a FS bike for the first time. From the website it looks like you can hire:
Spec Camber Expert
Trek Fuel EX8
Spec Stumpjumber FSR
SC Heckler
Spec Enduro Expert
Trek Remedy 8
SC Blur LT

I normally ride an Orange P7 so quite fancy trying a big bike. My gut feel is to go for the Remedy but I would be persuaded to go for something else.

Any of those will be fine. If you’re coming from a hardtail, something that stiffens under power may be more to your liking, so one of the Santa Cruz, probably the blur. The remedy will be too much, and the Heckler might be, depending on how its built.

I like a decent 4bar myself, and this years stumpie is bloody impressive.

EX8 or Stumpjumper FSR, I reckon.

Of the two, I found it easier to get the suspension sorted on the Stumpy, whereas the DRCV shock (I think it’s called that) on the EX8 took a bit of tinkering when i demo’d it and I still don’t think we got it right.

I’d hire the Enduro, but mainly because I’ve fancied trying one for a while.

Also because I gave the hire bike a lift last time I was at CyB and it was impressively light.

how much is hire there?

Right, gone for a Heckler, no idea why, just fancied it and the guy in the shop was a little hesitant on whether the Remedy was to much bike.

It is £45 for the day. Not cheap but it is either that or don’t ride.

think £45 is about standard. i might nip over that way and have a go myself

We there Friday, fingers crossed for sun

Bit late now, but I demoed a Heckler at CYB, didnt work for me there.

I’d have gone Remedy. IMO

johnikgriff, the standard I ride at I doubt I will be able to get the best out of it anyway!

The Enduro’s looked in pretty good nic when I was there last year….either that or the Remedy just to try out a bigger bouncer in that sort of riding

EX8 more than enough for CyB

I “broke” an EX8 at the same demo day, I didnt like the heckler 🙂

Note: I am 14 stone (pure muscle obviously), so do tend to go for a “bigger” bike.

14 stone is sod all. I weigh a fair bit more than that and I don’t need ‘bigger’ bikes as a consequence. Marketing nonsense…

I’d have gone for the EX8, always had ’boutique’ bikes but I like the look of the Trek and I’m sure it’d ride more or less as well.

I’m 97kg, I don’r dare convert that to stone.

I assume that any bike designed in America was deisgned for upto some on one of my mass. So my Ex Just has to get on with it. Apparently both wheels left the ground yesterday as well!

I certainly aren’t maxing out the pressures in eithr shock